“Naturally,” no. The general trend is to not support the Democrats. Thus they don’t consider Democrats, in general, to be the best man for the job, “naturally”.
Our daughter, a Combat Medic in the Army National Guard, and her husband, a Combat Medic in the Army (he already gave 4 years’ Service as a Marine-he was the first in Fallujah) are such professionals, they do not speak of the Commander-in-Chief, they just do their job. Our daughter had to rehang pictures down a hall of the Armory after it had been painted (while on her Drill Weekend)—her Commander told her not to spend too much time looking at “that one” (a picture of Obama). He was joking, of course.
So the next time there is a thread about abortion you are going to remind people that I am pro-life and that i opposed the French shipping Jews off to the Death Camps? Boy that’ll destroy my credibility quick!You accuse other posters of shifting attention from “pro-life” when that topic is being discussed. Well, well, well. I was speaking of the French Army, and you give two examples that don’t involve the French Army, thus shifting away from my point about them.
I’ll keep that in mind when you criticize someone for diverting attention from “prolife.”
I agree… I had relatives from Italy who volunteered to serve with the French in 1914… The Free French forces fought very well in WW2 and if DeGaulle didn’t capture Paris from the Communist underground history would be different today.Nice piece of work. The IDF can’t be criticized, but the French who saved us during the War of Independence and who stopped the Germans at Verdun are to be made fun of. Look up the Battle of Kasserine Pass if you want to find accounts of another army that was routed and ran away.
He’s too smart for it to be a mistake. It’s for a reason. It may take years for it to come out-but my guess is, he’d “had it.”Well, yes. Probably a lot of people understand and even agree with the general’s sentiments. Nonetheless it was a huge mistake to air those sentiments in front of a reporter, and one that, as a powerful career military man, he should have been able to avoid making. And it makes people uncomfortable when their 4-star generals make huge errors in judgement.
Now, me, I’d probably say some of the same stuff (expressed a bit less crudely), but that is one of the reasons I’m really glad that I am completely unimportant and it doesn’t matter one hoot what I say.If I were a general, I’d have to be more circumspect.
–Jen
This gratuitous bashing of the French is one of the most uncharitable posts I’ve seen in a long time.Maybe the French were counterintelligence during World War (Whatever)…but now?
Second, you are correct, the French ARE pretty nasty. The French ARE the most rude people I’ve ever had to serve (on an airplane) or spend time on their soil.
They’re rude, spit when they talk, and stink. (They may use a bidet at times, but must not have the luxury of the USA of having a bathtub or shower. Or deodorant, for that matters). I know they don’t have the potable water we do (don’t drink it out of the faucet, whatever you do!) You MUST drink out of a bottle!
Just a miserable lot, they are. (But, they have a 4 day work week-you know!)
Their Catholic Churches are empty too, with the exception of some old members, and some tourists. No young French attending Mass regularly.
Sock le blur!
God Bless.
+Jesus, I Trust In You.
Love, Dawn
I happen to be the daughter of a French citizen (now American). My mother’s entire family still lives there. Her brother, my uncle, was a priest who was incarcerated in a Nazi prison camp during WWII for being a priest.Exactly so. I found more liberals in the Air Force when I served '63 - '75, but most were, alas, right-wing reactionaries.
When one comes along, I’m certain that it will be discernable! And, it still wouldn’t matter to the right-wingers in the Services.
McCrystal knew what he was doing and saying… “Why” is $10,000 question.
I agree. I suspect we will soon see him on canle TV slamming the Obama regime.
Again, you are shifting away. I spoke of the French Army, and you make a generalization about the “French shipping Jews.” Yeah, I’ll remember it on “pro-life” threads.
I do.Yeah. There’s that girl at Lourdes (for those who believe in such stuff), also René Goupil, and Thérèse of Lisieux as examples. A miserable lot as you say.
The Poles, who also had a large army, got their bums kicked by the Germans in two weeks, and few criticize them for collapsing so quickly.
Not true. But the Poles did fight bravely. Did you know the Polish army had the last mounted calvary? They charged the Nazi Panzer divisions, throwing dynamite at them.
like I said I am sure opposing the French shipping people to death camps will destroy my credibility.
New Yorkers are rude too. I have first hand knowledge.
Does anyone else find it ironic that Obama picked a general that moveon.org once charged of “cooking the books for the Whitehouse” and “a military man constantly at war with the facts”, and called “Betray-Us”?
It’s remarks like this that really disgust me. Two of my uncles were in the Polish Home Army (AK) and my paternal grandmother was killed (machine gunned, actually) while she was a partisan. Nice to hear “Polack” jokes in light of what I know about them and what the others in the AK did, so many of whom were later killed by Stalin who didn’t want any trained resistance when his toadies took over.
Today, Rich, Today. I wan’t alive back then. I was writing of personal experiences-you should have noticed that, but I guess you didn’t.Quote:
Just a miserable lot, they are.
Yeah. There’s that girl at Lourdes (for those who believe in such stuff), also René Goupil, and Thérèse of Lisieux as examples. A miserable lot as you say.
No Rich, I didn’t visit all the parishes in France, mainly the larger ones in the larger cities. Belgium too (especially). Sadly, empty.
Yeah, lady. I’m from Brooklyn myself and I know all about rude New Yorkers, and can dish out with the best of them. And if you don’t like it, you can…
